Lucky Paper Radio

Andy Mangold and Anthony Mattox

Lucky Paper Radio is a podcast about Magic: the Gathering hosted by lifelong friends Andy Mangold and Anthony Mattox. Focused primarily on sandbox formats like Cube, which are free of banlists, rotation, and net decking, the show is about the best parts of Magic and how to get the most out of the game.

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Thursday · 1 hr 8 min
Bonus Episode — Obscura: Feudal
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy, Jane, and Anthony talk about Andy’s Obscura cube, prompted with the word ”feudal.” His attempted to capture the experience of feudalism in gameplay by putting the powerful cards in certain spots that would force players to build decks a certain way. Powerful, high devotion lords, as much as possible represented by sinister human creatures, motivate players into mono colored decks. Players have no option but to fill out their decks with individually weak, under-rate creatures. As a foil, players eschew the high devotion lords and unite the individually weak cards multi-color deck rewarded by domain payoffs. The talk about Andy’s design process. Then looking at the decks drafted at the event, they reflect on how successful these specific design goals were. Discussed in this episode: Andy’s Feudal Obscura Cube Cabbages and Kings INW Cube Fest The Ball Pit If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 4:12 - Feudal 9:06 - Monocolored Decks 12:28 - Flavor 16:56 - Multicolor Decks 24:30 - Scarecrows 30:25 - Predictions 37:17 - Metagame Breakdown 46:49 - Changes 51:53 - Manabases 58:09 - Balance 1:00:30 - Does any of this Matter
#325
Monday · 1 hr 2 min
The Paradox of Balance in Cube Design
View all cards mentioned in this episode What makes a cube “balanced”? When a card or deck performs very differently in the hands of especially skilled players, are they using their greater knowledge of the game to exploit a balance issue that others can’t see? Or are they just having the predictable success you would expect from a more skilled player? Is the experience of strong players a better indicator of a cube’s balance because they use cards optimally? Or are they exploiting the cards in a way that, if balanced for, would negatively impact the play experience of the average player? We sure as hell don’t know, but you can listen to us try to figure it out for an hour if you want. Discussed in this episode: Episode 322 With Ryan Overturf 100 Ornithopters The Fire Swamp The Red Terror Anthony’s Obscura Cube Anti-War Regular Cube Monocolored Starter Decks If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 3:30 - Balance 14:56 - Fun 19:45 - Expectations 23:14 - 100 Ornithopters Balance 28:10 - Metagame Development 37:47 - Smash Ultimate 49:33 - Starter Decks
October 8 · 53 min
Bonus Episode — Obscura: Déjà Vu
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony talk with Brett about his Obscura Cube. Prompted with the phrase “Déjà vu” Brett explored some wild, logistically impossible ideas before settling on a cube filled to the brim with subtle repetitions. The feeling of things having happened before manifests in my ways from multiple copies of Accumulated Knowledge, Memory Lapses that create repeated moments, and repetitive single card engines. Discussed in this episode: Brett’s Déjà Vu Cube C4AC Obscura The Fire Swamp Low Country Boil Take Five If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:14 - Déjà vu 11:46 - One Card Decks 14:55 - Balancing 20:50 - Hatebears 26:02 - Defining Déjà vu 29:44 - Callbacks 34:44 - Postgame 38:08 - Familiarity 41:21 - Blue-White Blink 45:25 - Blind Cubes 47:53 - Tension 49:32 - Moodboarding 51:58 - Future Updates
#324
October 5 · 1 hr 21 min
Capitol Cube Championship 2026 Tournament Report
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony recap their experience at Capitol Cube Championship in Washington D.C. They talk about the five different cube drafts they did between them and their overall experience at the event. Discussed in this episode: Team Fundraiser for Birds of Paradise 100 Ornithopters Champion’s Draft Digital Qualifier Capitol Cube Champs The Score by C. Thi Nguyen The Desert Bird Upkeep Zine Trinket Cube Synesthesia 100 Ornithopters Invasion to Kamigawa Cube If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 4:36 - Capitol Cube Champs 4:52 - Andy’s Desert Bird Draft 16:49 - Andy’s Desert Bird Games 27:45 - Anthony’s Desert Bird Draft 33:27 - Anthony’s Desert Bird Games 37:36 - Alex Responds 39:02 - Trinket Cube Draft 49:09 - Synesthesia Draft 53:28 - Synesthesia Games 61:18 - Invastion to Kamigawa Draft 69:51 - Invasion to Kamigawa Games
October 1 · 57 min
Bonus Episode — Obscura: Dangerous
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony talk with Ollie about their Obscura Cube with the prompt “Dangerous.” Ollie’s interpretation of the prompt led them to build a desert cube where all lands cost life to generate colored mana. Limiting each player to 20 colored pips of mana over the course of a game reshapes the way player’s engage with their life total as a resource and creates a truly dangerous feeling sensation. Discussed in this episode: Ollie’s Dangerous Cube C4AC Obscura Hoopin If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 2:54 - Dangerous 12:45 - Lifegain 20:09 - Swamps 32:40 - Flavor 35:42 - Postgame 37:02 - Coverage 40:38 - Maintaining Dangerous 45:21 - Feedback 51:53 - New Cards
#323
September 28 · 59 min
Leveraging Scarcity in Cube Design and Play
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy, Anthony, and Parker talk about how to draft cubes better by framing their thinking in terms of the scarcest resource in any give context. Flipping the perspective, they talk about how to leverage a diversity of themes as a cube designer. Discussed in this episode: Birds of Paradise Fundraiser Level Up Your Cube Drafting With Scarcity article by Parker The Self-Defeating Irony of Cube Conceits article by Parker Parker’s Articles on Cascade Cascade Turbo Cube Tupelo Honey 100 Ornithopters Sacred Geometry If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 5:15 - Turbo Cube 16:11 - Tupelo Honey 20:18 - Scarcity 26:41 - Applying Scarcity to New Cubes 34:24 - Scarcity for Designers 41:29 - Metagame Degeneration 56:57 - CASCADE CASCADE
September 26 · 46 min
Bonus Episode — Obscura: Collapse
View all cards mentioned in this episode Gabe joins Andy and Anthony talk about his Obscura cube, starting with the prompt “collapse”. Gabe chose to build on the theme in both aesthetic and mechanical ways. Pulling heavily from zendikar sets he set a tone of a world after the collapse of civilization. Mechanically he hoped to create gameplay that put players in committed positions that could easily crumble. In the first half, before the event, they talk about the design process and fears and expectations. In the second they reflect on how the cube played out. Discussed in this episode: Collapse Cube by Gabe Tupelo Honey Cube Obscura Vods Etherium Landscape If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 3:12 - Collapse 7:17 - Risk / Reward 14:05 - Balancing Vibes 18:21 - Expectations 23:09 - Postgame 26:31 - Hatching Plans 29:10 - Speed 31:45 - Landcallers 36:33 - Inferno Titan 40:21 - Desert Cubes 45:31 - Hindsight
#322
September 21 · 1 hr 13 min
Drafting and Designing Weird Cubes with Ryan Overturf
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony are joined by Cube icon Ryan Overturf to talk about drafting and designing weird cubes. They talk about his experience at CubeConbroadening his experience into novel designs. They go more in depth into Ryan’s cube Stadium Stampede where all players start with a copy of Strixhaven Stadium in play. Discussed in this episode: Ryan’s Cubes on Cube Cobra The Onebert Ryan’s Youtube 180 MTG Podcast 1UP Cube Aquaone Powered Cube Episode 238: Vintage Cube Sucks Obscura Stadium Stampede Grixis Cube Eiganjo Drift Death by 10 Cuts Bridges Over Troubled Water If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:16 - Welcome Ryan Overturf 8:29 - Weird Cubes 14:11 - CubeCon 26:02 - Stadium Stampede, Ryan's Strixhaven Stadium Cube 31:40 - Uninteractible Permanents 36:43 - Stampede Continued 42:02 - Conceit Breaking 56:50 - Trusting Cube Designers, or Not 1:06:46 - Taking Weird Cubes Seriously
September 17 · 56 min
Bonus Episode — Obscura: Cavalier
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony talk with Dan, best known for creating the Devoid Cube, about his cube for Cube for a Cause: Obscura. Starting with the prompt “cavalier” Dan dove into the world of knights and found himself with a cube pulling heavily from the plane of Eldraine. Discussed in this episode: Dan’s Cavalier Cube Dan’s Cubes on Cube Cobra Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons King Charles Ikoria at Home Arena Planar Cube Midwinter Dragons of Winters Night If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 3:42 - Cavalier 7:53 - Eldraine at Home 12:45 - Flavor v. Mechanics 13:56 - Goals and Apprehensions 22:00 - Aesthetic Breaks 26:57 - Planar Cube 29:16 - Postgame / Selling the Cube 38:48 - The Other Prompts 41:42 - Resonance 48:05 - Lessons 50:40 - Bulk Sorting
#321
September 14 · 54 min
Expensive Spells We Actually Like
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony talk about expensive cards in Cube — how high mana value cards fit into their cube designs. They talk about specific expensive cards they love, break down some specific roles they see the cards playing, and how variety makes cubes more fun. Discussed in this episode: Status and Culture by W. David Marx The Score by C. Thi Nguyen If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 5:20 - High Mana Value Cards 13:25 - Pseudo Expensive Cards 22:00 - Baneslayers 36:35 - Interaction 40:14 - Texture 43:02 - Board Wipes 44:31 - Other Threats 49:54 - Lessons
September 10 · 46 min
Bonus Episode — Obscura: Anti-War
View all cards mentioned in this episode In the first installment of Obscura cube design discussions, Andy and Anthony are joined by Ollie to talk about Anthony’s cube designed around the prompt “anti-war”. Moving past the literal interpretation of a cube without war, Anthony chose to make his cube all about presenting the profound horrors of war. The cube features cards that aesthetically or mechanically express brutality, hopelessness, greed, and resource extraction. In the first half, recorded before the event, they talk about their hopes and expectations for the cube. In the second, post-event half they reflect on how well the design met its goals. Discussed in this episode: Anthony’s Anti-War Obscura Cube List Pacifism Cube C4AC Obscura The Fire Swamp Yayoi Kusama If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 5:42 - Anti-War 10:15 - Power Outliers and Balance 19:38 - Feedback 29:00 - Postgame 30:25 - Edits 35:08 - Titan of Industry 39:41 - Things Happening 42:19 - Reflections
September 7 · 58 min
Summer 2026 Cube Zeitgeist
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony talk about recent trends in Cube design. After looking through the revealed Cube lists for the recent Cube for a Cause: Obscura our hosts noticed a few design features popping up again and again. They talk about them in the broader, evolving context of the Cube design community discussing if they reflect bigger trends. In particular, reflect on “art cards” — cards included for purely aesthetic reasons, desert cubes, cubes with no or minimal deckbuilding, and a casual approach to singleton breaks. Discussed in this episode: The Score Take Five Turbo Cube 100 Ornithopters The Amonkar Desert Loxodon Mierarchs Desert Cube The Giver Cube The Ball Pit Goblin Game Resplendent Obscura Cube Lists: Legacy by Gabor Monument by Jane Feudal by Andy Synesthesia by Lincoln Omelas by Zach Barash Cavalier by Dan Schneider Genesis by Maggie Ritual by Parker Collapse by Gabe Dangerous by Ollie Telemetry by Gwen Redemption by John Clara Sublimate by Max Worship by Scott Periodic by Jake Antiwar by Anthony Mattox Deja Vu by Brett If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:12 - Recent Cube Design Trends 8:18 - Art Cards 16:36 - Asystematic Singleton Breaks 30:05 - Desert Cubes 39:44 - Minimal Deckbuilding Cubes 47:48 - No Deckbuild Logistics 54:17 - Other Trends
#319
August 31 · 56 min
What Makes a Card “Sacred?”
View all cards mentioned in this episode Sometimes a card design just sings — all of the individual elements come together to make an elegant, resonant game piece. In this episode Andy and Anthony talk about this concept through the lens of Andy’s cube Sacred Geometry as he considers committing even harder to the bit. Discussed in this episode: Feudal Cube Auction on Ebay Sacred Geometry Hellraiser Regular Cube Virtually French Cube If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 4:07 - Sacred Geometry Ruminations 8:52 - Slots 11:42 - Tokens 13:07 - Fixing 15:29 - Card Naming Thesaurus 20:13 - Power Deltas 23:30 - Oracle Text 29:47 - Artifacts 40:14 - Artifact Ramp 43:14 - Resonance Problems 48:44 - Mindslaver 50:31 - Conclusions
#318
August 24 · 59 min
Open Drafting Take Five
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony collaboratively draft Andy’s Take Five cube, discussing their strategy through a whole draft and how they might approach this unique environment. To follow along, or try the draft yourself before listening, you can download the seeded pack list and upload it to Draftmancer. Also check out the cards mentioned page for the pack by pack view and final deck. Discussed in this episode: Download Pack List to upload to Draftmancer Take Five If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 0:00 - Glasses 2:20 - Draft Along - Take Five 6:14 - Pack 1 Pick 1 - How Important are Lands? 16:29 - Scroll of Fate 27:18 - Pack 2 40:22 - Pack 3 49:45 - Final Cuts 53:34 - Review and Grade
August 17 · 1 hr
Exploring Cube Cobra’s New Winrate Analysis Features
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony explore Cube Cobra’s new analytic tools for card and deck winrates. The new features allow you to upload decks and their matchup records, or import matchup data if a Cube has been played at an event using Hedron Network to track matches. After Andy diligently imported hundreds of decks for 100 Ornithopters, they talk through all the different visualizations and how they might use them as Cube designers. Discussed in this episode: Intro Source Cube Cobra Hedron Network, the software for running Cube events 100 Ornithopters Winrate Analysis for 100 Ornithopters Andy’s Video Deep Dive on the Winrate Analysis for 100 Ornithopters Jett’s Article on winrate analysis Elo Rating System If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:30 - Draft Data 5:51 - Caveats 12:37 - Takign good Deck Photos 16:50 - Winningest Ornithopter Deck 18:03 - Winrate by Color 24:07 - WR by Type and Mana Value 29:00 - Color Performance 30:50 - Matchup Matrix 32:50 - Color Pair Performance 34:33 - All Color Combos 39:35 - Archetype Map 44:12 - Matchup Matrix 47:24 - Win Rate vs Elo 52:24 - Top Synergies 53:36 - All Cards 55:43 - Surprises and Takeaways
#316
August 10 · 52 min
Summertime Mailbag
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony first talk about their upcoming series of interviews related to Cube For a Cause: Obscura. The event will feature 17 secret Cubes from 17 well known designers created just for the event. Until the first packs are cracked, the contents of each have been kept completely unknown. Each episode in the series will feature a designer talking about their plans going in before the event and a post-mortem discussion of how their cube played. With announcements and logistics out of the way, Andy and Anthony open up the mailbag and answer some questions from listeners. Discussed in this episode: Our Patreon where you can support us for faster releases of the Obscura Interviews Andy’s Videos on Youtube Ryan Overturf’s Videos Degenerate Cuber featuring Lucky Paper crossed out in the thumbnail Book Recommendations: A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, and Murray Silverstein A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn Blindsight by Peter Watts. The full text is available here for free from the author. The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace Top Reddits: r/ramen r/fermentation r/koji r/xbiking r/tattooadvice r/tattoobeginners If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 2:03 - Opening up the Mailbag 5:06 - Obscura 9:34 - Patreon Support for Bonus Episode Releases 15:51 - Obscura Interview Series 17:52 - Andy's Youtube Videos 20:45 - How have we managed to keep the podcast going so long? 24:12 - What's a sign a cube isn't for you? 25:30 - What does 'winning' mean for a cube designer? 28:00 - What's up with that time you stabbed yourself? 33:47 - What's the biggest argument Andy and Anthony have had? 38:03 - What are your favorite dishes the other cooks? 40:54 - Recommend some books. 43:22 - What are your top subreddits? 48:59 - What are your other favorite TCGs or other games?
#315
August 3 · 57 min
Cross Pod Cube Throw Down: Regular Cube vs Sacred Geometry
View all cards mentioned in this episode In a strange experiment, Andy and Anthony organize drafts of their cubes Sacred Geometry and Regular Cube and then pair players against the opposite cube. The two cubes have some major similarities, and clear differences. They wanted to see how drastically skewed win records would be towards one cube, and see what else they can learn. The experiment highlighted some unexpected differences and individual cards that skewed up or down when played against a different battery of opponents. Discussed in this episode: Sacred Geometry Regular Cube Bun Magic Cube 100 Ornithopters The Red Terror If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 01:45 - The Experiment - Regular Cube vs Sacred Geometry 11:10 - Post-Draft 12:32 - Anthony’s Draft 13:56 - Andy vs Anthony 18:33 - Max Aggro 20:51 - Control Mirror 26:47 - Impossible Mirror 30:21 - Anthony is Outclassed 33:30 - Results 41:08 - Texture vs Density 42:29 - Subverted Expectations 46:11 - Expanding on the Concept 50:43 - Mana Fixing 53:23 - More Cube vs Cube
#314
July 27 · 1 hr
Narrow Tutors in Cube
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony talk about narrow tutors in Cubes. In contrast to the most open ended ways for players to search up a card from their library, narrow tutor effects give cube designers an opportunity to make specific sets of cards more accessible. Our hosts talk about specific “tutor” cards they include in their cubes. They talk about the ways they can create interesting draft challenges, provide targeted redundancy, or let players construct a toolbox of cards they have more opportunities to find. Discussed in this episode: Episode 199: Tutors in Cube Design: Creating Variety by Reducing Variety Episode 312: Cards that are Cool — Part 2 The next Book Club book: The Score by C. Thi Nguyen Cubes mentioned: Sacred Geometry Turbo Cube 100 Ornithopters Regular Cube Take Five Bun Magic Cube Neoclassical Cube If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 2:18 - Narrow Tutors 13:13 - Tutor Apprehensions 15:27 - Stoneforge Mystic 19:57 - Brightglass Gearhulk 24:05 - Tribute Mage 26:45 - Sphinx Summoner 30:06 - Goblin Engineer 33:06 - Mystical Teachings 33:41 - Recruiters 35:19 - Open the Armory 42:32 - Turbo Cube 46:07 - Wizardcycling 46:29 - Scrapyard Recombiner 50:49 - Transmute 56:18 - Appeal to Turbo Cube
#313
July 20 · 1 hr 6 min
CubeCon DMV Tournament Report
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony report on their experience at CubeCon DMV — from the organizers of the original CubeCon — a cube event right in their back yard. They talk about their drafts in the event, highlights from games, and lunchtime highs and lows. Discussed in this episode: Cube Events Page The Metabolic Machine Take Five Andy’s Take Five Videos Jarvis Yube World Championship Museum (96-04) Sacred Geometry 100 Ornithopters Genesis - The first Omen Machine, a.k.a. Chris’s “Completely Normal Game of Magic with One Rules Change Dichotomy Cube Winston Draft Regular Cube If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 2:11 - Cubecon DMV 5:53 - Metabolic Machine 15:14 - Take Five 16:40 - Cosmogoyf vs Saw In Half 23:40 - Take Five Round Timer Issues 28:41 - Jarvis Yu’s Jarvis Yube 36:26 - Pasta Pizza 38:41 - Take Five Again 43:05 - More Cool Rulings 45:06 - World Championship Museum 50:46 - Chris’s Custom Winston Format 59:23 - Anthony’s Draft of Sacred Geo 1:00:56 - Top 8
#312
July 13 · 1 hr 1 min
Cards that are Cool — Part 2
View all cards mentioned in this episode Andy and Anthony talk about cards they think are cool. In the long anticipated follow up to episode 108, they just talk about things they think are neat. Anthony shares some cards he’s seen pop up regularly in recent cube drafts that spark some intrigue. Andy shares cards that he thinks over-deliver, in a design and gameplay sense, in his own cubes. Discussed in this episode: Episode 108: Cards That Are Cool Take 5 Sacred Geometry 100 Ornithopters Bun Magic Cube Neoclassical Cube Regular Cube Turbo Cube If you’d like to show your support for the show, please consider backing Lucky Paper on Patreon or leaving us a review on iTunes or wherever you listen. Check us out on Twitch and YouTube for paper Cube gameplay. You can find the hosts’ Cubes on Cube Cobra: Andy’s “Bun Magic” Cube Anthony’s “Regular” Cube You can find both your hosts in the MTG Cube Talk Discord. Send in questions to the show at mail@luckypaper.co or our p.o. box: Lucky Paper PO Box 4855 Baltimore, MD 21211 Musical production by DJ James Nasty. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 2:50 - Main Topic: Cool Cards 6:24 - Botanical Brawler 10:53 - Rot-Curse Rakshasa 13:53 - Oni-Cult Anvil 19:11 - Fear of Isolation 22:11 - Paradoxical Outcome 26:22 - Reinforced Ronin 31:04 - Second Sunrise 38:58 - Fists of Flame 44:19 - Engineered Explosives 46:30 - Kessig Wolf Run 51:44 - Mystical Teachings 55:47 - Honorable Mentions

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